Now believe it or not, I do actually have some pictures of non blue skies. They are just harder to come by out here in California. Like I said in an earlier post, I tend to feel like I am still trying to get my feet out here taking photographs. One of the main reasons is that I am used to things changing over the year. Don't get me wrong, things do change... but I could take a picture now of the same view and it would look remarkably similar to that same one I could take everyday. I find myself missing the Midwest a lot these days. I miss Minnesota in particular quite a bit. Although last winter in Washington state, I felt like I wouldn't mind missing a winter, I now feel like it is going to be really strange not to see one. There are some days that I would give anything to see snow out the window while I sipped on some hot cocoa. There was just something about the dreary days of winter in Minnesota like the one above that always made me feel like I belonged there. The day I took this was a few years ago when I was on my way to see my brother in Chicago. The train I was on had just left Minneapolis and was crossing through the Minnesota countryside before heading into Wisconsin. If I remember right, this was just before we got to Redwing, MN. Redwing is quite a beautiful place no matter what the season.